State Sen. Elbert Guillory (D-Opelousas) recently released a video proclaiming his support for gun ownership rights, calling them a "vital part to the American way of life."

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Zane Hill
zhill@dailyworld.com

Guillory has produced a new YouTube video, featuring himself with his father's antique shotgun, promoting gun rights, a hot-button issue in national politics and, particularly, in Louisiana.

With his video, Guillory has joined the ranks of GOP lawmakers who are proposing new laws that would penalize people who publish names of concealed-carry permit holders and that would seek to prohibit enforcement of any new federal restrictions on semi-automatic firearms. Bossier City Rep. Jeff Thompson has started a statewide ...